“There is only one inborn erroneous notion ... that we exist in order to be happy ... So long as we persist in this inborn error ... the world seems to us full of contradictions. For at every step, in great things and small, we are bound to experience that the world and life are certainly not arranged for the purpose of maintaining a happy existence ... hence the countenances of almost all elderly persons wear the expression of ... disappointment.” WorldPersonsLongSeemsPurposeOrderExistenceStepsExpressionErrorsNotionBoundsDisappointmentInsightGreat ThingsContradictionPersistMaintainingElderlyEvery StepCountenanceWorld And Life Author:Arthur Schopenhauer
“You've got to be willing to stay committed to someone over the long run, and sometimes it doesn't work out. But often if you become real honest with yourself and honest with each other, and put aside whatever personal hurt and disappointment you have to really understand yourself and your spouse, it can be the most wonderful experience you've ever had.” IfsLongRealSometimesRunningHurtWorkWonderfulHonestWillingCommittedDisappointmentWork OutLong RunsSpouseHonest With YourselfWonderful Experience Author:Hillary Clinton
“The talk of winning our share is not the easy one of disengagement and flight, but the hard one of work, of short as well as long jumps, of disappointments, and of sweet success.” WellsLongHardSuccessWinningEasyWorkStruggleShareSweetDisappointmentFlightAfrican AmericanWinnerCivil Rights MovementDisengagementLong Jump Author:Roy Wilkins
“In the ardor of his enthusiasm, a youth set forth in quest of a man of whom he might take counsel as to his future, but after long search and many disappointments, he came near relinquishing the pursuit as hopeless, when suddenly it occurred to him that one must first be a man to find a man, and profiting by this suggestion, he set himself to the work of becoming himself the man he had been seeking so long and fruitlessly.” MenFirstsLongMightYouthHe ManBecomingDisappointmentSeekingPursuitEnthusiasmHopelessQuestsSuggestionsBe A ManArdorRelinquishing Book:Table-talk Source: Table-talk